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Security of property as a public good: Institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries

Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012

We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are the correlations between experimental choices with indicators regarding the security of property, trust and the quality of...

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Another hidden cost of incentives: The detrimental effect on norm enforcement

Fuster, Andreas; Meier, Stephan - 2009

enforcement through peer punishment has been shown to be effective in raising contributions by itself. We test whether and how … monetary incentives interact with punishment and how this in turn affects contributions. Our main findings are that free riders …

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Punishment and crime: The impact of felony conviction on criminal activity

Jackson, Osborne - 2020

the impact of punishment severity on criminal behavior. In the theft value distribution between old and new larceny …

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The effect of changing employers' access to criminal histories on ex-offenders' labor market outcomes: Evidence from the 2010-2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform

Jackson, Osborne; Zhao, Bo - 2017

's criminal record (the record-access reform). Using the CORI Reform as a natural experiment and a unique large confidential …

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Does changing employers' access to criminal histories affect ex-offenders' recidivism? Evidence from the 2010-2012 Massachusetts CORI Reform

Jackson, Osborne; Zhao, Bo - 2017

This paper examines how changes in employers' access to job applicants' criminal histories affect ex-offender recidivism. We use extensive state administrative data on individual criminal histories spanning the 2010-2012 Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Reform, widely...

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The dynamic effects of information on political corruption: Theory and evidence from Puerto Rico

Bobonis, Gustavo J.; Cámara Fuertes, Luis R.; Schwabe, … - 2012

Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use longitudinal data on audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico to answer this question. We find that corruption is lower in municipalities audited before an election. However,...

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How low can you go? Charity reporting when donations signal income and generosity

Bracha, Anat; Vesterlund, Lise - 2013

-and-stingy. Using an experiment the authors find that both income-status and generosity-status concerns affect behavior. Furthermore …

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The Illusion of Sustainability

Kremer, Michael; Miguel, Edward - 2004

The history of foreign development assistance is one of movement away from addressing immediate needs to a focus on the underlying causes of poverty. A recent manifestation is the move towards “sustainability,” which stresses community mobilization, education, and cost-recovery. This stands...

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Blood donations and incentives: Evidence from a field experiment

Goette, Lorenz; Stutzer, Alois - 2008

blood donations rather than an increase. This paper provides an empirical test of how material incentives affect blood … donations in a large-scale field experiment spanning three months and involving more than 10,000 previous donors. We examine two … types of incentive: a lottery ticket and a free cholesterol test. Lottery tickets significantly increase donations, in …

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Doing good or doing well? Image motivation and monetary incentives in behaving prosocially

Ariely, Dan; Bracha, Anat; Meier, Stephan - 2007

This paper examines image motivationthe desire to be liked and well-regarded by others as a driver in prosocial behavior (doing good), and asks whether extrinsic monetary incentives (doing well) have a detrimental effect on prosocial behavior due to crowding out of image motivation. By...

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